paraclete press General $1.70 By Gracious Powers Music by Hal Hopson Text by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Translation by Fred Pratt Green SATBB a cappella
Hal Hopson Composer, Lyricist, Church Musician, Theologian Hal H. Hopson is the most prolific composer of church music of his generation. With more than 1,800 published works for 30 publishers, Mr. Hopson s music is heard weekly in congregations throughout our country. A church musician throughout his professional life, Mr. Hopson has also been conductor-clinician for workshops and choral festivals in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and professor of church music at Westminster Choir College and Scarritt Graduate School. He is also a hymn writer whose texts appear in major denominational hymnals. Hal Hopson was born in Mound, Texas, in a family of thirteen children where music making figured prominently. His first piano teacher was his older sister, Merle, whom he holds in deep regard for her enormous musical and personal influences on his life. Hopson s well-known hymn tune, MERLE S TUNE, is named in her honor. He first accompanied worship services at age thirteen and later graduated from Baylor University and Southern Baptist Seminary with B.A. and M.S.M. degrees, respectively. He completed additional study at universities and conservatories in the United States and Germany. A recipient of many honors for his distinguished service to music, Mr. Hopson is listed in the International Who s Who in Music, Cambridge, England. He has served on the national boards of Presbyterian Association of Musicians, Choristers Guild, the Church Music Institute, and has received annual awards from ASCAP for many consecutive years. Expertise in psalmody and liturgy led to appointments on the Symposium for Church Composers sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Milwaukee and the Task Force on Psalmody sponsored by the Presbyterian Church, USA, which resulted in the official Psalter for the denomination. In the summer of 2013, Austin, Texas, became the home of Hopson and his wife, Martha Smith Hopson, also a church musician. They have three children, six grandchildren, and enjoy living in the beautiful Texas hill country. Paraclete Press sheet music is available from www.paracletesheetmusic.com
For the Chancel Choir, Redeemer Evangelical Church, St. Louis, MO Andy Waggoner, Director By Gracious Powers SATBB a cappella Dietrich Bonhoeffer Trans. Fred Pratt Green Hal H. Hopson S A T B 4 7 10 With a gentle flow = c. 80 (won der) By gra cious powers so won (come what) shel tered, and con fi dent ly wait ing come what may. We know that God is with us night and der ful ly morn ing, and nev er fails to Words 1974 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Strean, IL 60188 All rights reserved. Used by permission. Copyright 2014 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653. All rights reserved.
2 14 Slightly faster = ca. 88 a tempo greet us each new day. Yet is this (new) 17 20 23 heart by its old foe tor ment ed, still e vil days bring bur dens hard to bear. O give our O give our fright ened souls the sure sal fright ened souls the sure sal O give our souls the sure sal 25 va tion for which, O Lord, you taught us to pre va tion for which, O Lord, you taught us to pre
3 28 (you) pare And when this cup you give is filled to pare. 31 33 36 brim ming with bit ter suf fering, Tempo I ( = ca 80) (ful) 3 hard to un der stand. we take it thank ful ly with out 3 a tempo dim. trem bling, out of so good and so be loved a hand. 39 a tempo (same) Yet when a gain in this same world you
4 42 (your) give us the joy we had, the bright ness of your 45 48 51 sun we shall re mem ber all the days we lived through, Slower and = c. 73 our whole life shall then be Yours a lone. (a lone.)
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